NASA Selects Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance Contractor

• NASA has selected ARES Technical Services to provide safety and mission assurance services at Goddard Space Flight Center and Wallops Flight Facility.
• The contract, valued at $226 million, will have a five-year effective ordering period starting on June 1, 2025, with an optional six-month extension.
• Under the contract, ARES Technical Services will provide support to NASA’s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, including independent surveillance, audits, reviews, and assessments of design, development, test, and mission operations activities.
• The services will be provided at both Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
• The contract award was announced by NASA Headquarters, with contact information available for more information on the agency’s programs and services.

NASA has selected ARES Technical Services of McLean, Virginia, to provide safety and mission assurance services at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The Safety and Mission Assurance Services III contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an estimated total value of $226 million. The contract will have a five-year effective ordering period starting on June 1, 2025, with an optional six-month extension period.

Under the contract, the vendor will provide support to the agency’s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at NASA Goddard. This includes performing independent surveillance, audits, reviews, and assessments of design, development, test, and mission operations activities on site at NASA and supplier facilities.

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Tiernan Doyle
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov

Jacob Richmond
Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
301-286-6255
jacob.a.richmond@nasa.gov

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